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Comments on Culture

Although heart centric intelligence is John’s passion, he likes to share some other thoughts from time to time, which he posts here.
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The Integrative Health Coach

Integrative health coaching is a concept pioneered by Duke University’s Integrative Medicine program. John completed training at Duke with the program’s second class of students in 2009 and brought this perspective into his columns alongside a deepening vision about the central importance of heart intelligence as a foundation of health.
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The Stress Manager

Stress is something with which everyone can identify. The Stress Manager columns were written between January 2007 and March 2009, addressing stress from the perspective of a heart centered attention skill. Over time, John’s perspective on the implications of a heart centric attention skill began to broaden beyond stress, and he shifted the format of his column to integrative health coaching. These columns contain information that remains timely.
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The India Journals

John spent four weeks in southern Indian from mid-January to mid-February, 2010. His journals appear here. As these notes indicate, he was primarily interested in seeing children, farmland, and present day culture, and in talking to people. In these journals, he shares his impressions of a country that is developing rapidly and that will undoubtedly be part of America's future in one way or another. This trip also illustrates John's maxim that a good way to see America is to leave it, and his views of America that are reflected in the impressions of India are also shared here.
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